What made that movie so cathartic was seeing how much scientists want to yell about what we know.
Since it seems in a world with so much more colorful, shiny objects and easy undemanding concepts, only a yell will penetrate the noise. That movie for a moment got ordinary people to see a bit of what it can be like to be a scientist in this regard. It showed the aspect of what we do, which is communication with the general public, and having to compete with the flashy entertainment media. Then to have people in entertainment really get it may have done enough for physics and literature to qualify. As we learned in the United States lately, science and scientists have to be understandable and relatable to non scientists, or else our work will fall on deaf ears for many.
To a scientist it was as cathartic of a primal release as this.
VIA JAPANESE TELEVISION: The uncensored exchange between Will Smith and Chris Rock pic.twitter.com/j0Z184ZyXa
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) March 28, 2022
Will Smith did explain himself in a way.
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